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Agree with this , ManCity’s centre halves were popping up everywhere, Faes Souter and Cags have shown in the past they can bring it out and join in.

Shame his names not Deanio Smitherinio!!! Solid citizen to take us away from play out from the back shite.

I must have missed that game.

You know Brendan, tippy tappy five a sides all week I guess?

I meant top!

If talking won matches, we’d be too now and Champions League quarterfinalists!

My happy memories of an O’Neill Leicester is akin to watching Brentford now, when you get it out wide don’t think about it whip it in the mix and let the strikers attack it. 3 strong central defenders long throw ins etc. And what’s wrong with that? We have the defenders, we have 3 strikers for 2 spots, 4 if you play Barnes as one because he might not track back and put his foot in enough for a wing back, Ricardo on the right though. 3-5-2 was attack minded in an O’Neill side and a current Brentford one too.

Me too! O’Neill to Sadler “ who’ve we got that can hold the ball up top” Sadler “ well nobody really boss” MON “ Cags we’re still paying you son so you’re my centre half Saturday, head it and kick it son, anything else is a bonus, Harry Souter, you’re up front, be strong and hold it up till the cavalry comes”. Sabres rattled brick walls ran through! Come on!!

Yes and the wing backs will be Barnes and Tete! Come on!!

Looks a good side to me, maybe Cags for Castagne?

If it was about money he’d be here in a flash, for half of what we were paying Rodgers!

Would like him but our lads can’t run like he had Leeds. We’re currently 5 yards off our opponents, he might get us up to 3 yards off it!

The lord be praised!

Yes it did, though not a winger as such De Laet was lightning quick and strong, can’t think who played left at that time because Riyad played behind strikers. But our fullbacks are that, not wingbacks I feel. Justin maybe can bomb on and Ricardo too I guess. Important thought that the three centre halves and one defensive midfielder should do the bulk of the defending, not the wing backs. Ours start on the 18 yard box whilst most teams who play it right start on the halfway line saying mark me!

Yes he did, but still a poor display from him, his passing was awful.

Agree with the system with a big BUT. The last time we played the system correctly with some success was under O’Neill, the reason it was successful was he played out and out wingers as wing backs (Guppy and Impey) who got a foot in now and then without getting their shorts dirty but got to the line regularly and whipped balls in with their strong foot! Vardy would be on 15 goals now easy with that service. Can you see this clown playing Barnes right and Tete left? No chance!

Good side except Castagne, let’s face it, he’s not a footballer and can’t play right back never mind right midfield.

Yes, it’s a great league but, having watched the Sheff U Blackburn cup tie, if that’s the standard we could go straight through the Championship too!

Agree with you on Harvey, why on earth don’t him and Tete ever switch? They never rotate. How easy must it be to keep them quiet? And who knows a left footer playing on the left, and right footer on the right, we might start to see quality balls in to Vardy or Daka to attack and do what they do best. I’m not sure Vardy is done yet, if he got balls in from out wide. The lack of switching round up top and not leaving men up from an opposition corner shows Brendan up for what he is.

I was going to say that! Where has our pace gone? Oh dear Brendan ball stinks.

Ha! I was behind the goal that day as a 15 year old, went to every game including both semifinal games. Interesting that, in this age of players earning 70,000 a week and getting splinters in the arse from the bench, that a cultured centre half in the game for us called Malcolm Munroe quit football to lorry drive in Canada! Don’t think too many top flight players will be doing that anytime soon aye Vesty??

Or when the team drives on with pace and gets us off our seats, often happened with a Pearson, Shakey team, sadly not so often since we started “controlling the football “!

Rodgers out! And I remember Pleat out too! And McClintock, that was the worst, he gave all his mates from London a game including a very old looking George Armstrong from the Arse double winners 8 years or so previous. I’m 64 now and look younger than he did now! And I’m not much slower either.

Fingers crossed they’re looking in the Championship too! Battle hardened for our league, playing twice a week most of them and many good enough for the prem as the recently promoted teams are showing. Blackburn gave us a right doing in the cup, with young hungry players, having made changes too. The gap is closing, and we continue to look in the French league!

Watching Sheff Utd and Blackburn tells you that they can’t be playing for him! This game is 5 yards quicker than we play at!!